A 62-year-old woman has died in an accident at a gas station in Centennial.

The Colorado State Patrol received a call at about 6:25 a.m. about the incident at a gas station parking lot near the intersection of East Arapahoe Road and South Peoria Street, said Trooper Heather Cobbler, a Colorado State Patrol spokesman.

The victim, who has not been identified, was in the parking lot of the Bradley gas station when she was hit by late-model Dodge Magnum and pinned under it, Cobbler said.

Customers at the station tried to free the pinned victim, including at least one person who grabbed a car jack in an attempt to lift the Dodge.

Emergency personnel arrived on scene and the woman was freed and taken to Littleton Adventist Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 6:44 a.m., Cobbler said.

Witnesses told investigators that the woman had come out of the station’s convenience store and apparently dropped something. Investigators are looking at the possibility that she was bent over, low to the ground, when the Dodge hit her.

Investigators are also looking at whether the driver of the Dodge may have been distracted and was not paying full attention.

“The driver may face a charge of careless driving resulting in death,” Cobbler said. “We are still investigating.”

The person who answered the phone at the gas station declined to comment.

Kieran Nicholson covers breaking news for The Denver Post. He started at the Post in 1986, at the old building on 15th and California streets. Nicholson has covered a variety of beats including suburbs, courts, crime and general assignment.

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